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Day CC, Alò D, Simmons RK, Cotey SR, Zarn KE, Gazeley IF, Small M, Fortin MJ, Bearlin AR, Smith SR, Landguth EL. Disentangling effects of dispersal, environment and anthropogenic barriers on functional connectivity in aquatic systems. Mol Ecol 2024:e17500. [PMID: 39188095 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2024] [Accepted: 08/07/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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Disentangling the roles of structural landscape factors and animal movement behaviour can present challenges for practitioners managing landscapes to maintain functional connectivity and achieve conservation goals. We used a landscape genetics approach to combine robust demographic, behavioural and genetic datasets with spatially explicit simulations to evaluate the effects of anthropogenic barriers (dams, culverts) and natural landscape resistance (gradient, elevation) affecting dispersal behaviour, genetic connectivity and genetic structure in a resident population of Westslope Cutthroat Trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii lewisi). Analyses based on 10 years of sampling effort revealed a pattern of restricted dispersal, and population genetics identified discrete population clusters between distal tributaries and the mainstem stream and no structure within the mainstem stream. Demogenetic simulations demonstrated that, for this population, the effects of existing anthropogenic barriers on population structure are redundant with effects of restricted dispersal associated with the underlying environmental resistance. Our approach provides an example of how extensive field sampling combined with landscape genetics can be incorporated into spatially explicit simulation modelling to explore how, together, movement ecology and landscape resistance can be used to inform decisions around restoration and connectivity.
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- Casey C Day
- Computational Ecology Lab, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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- Departamento de Sistemas Acuáticos. Facultad de Ciencias Ambientales y Centro de Ciencias Ambientales EULA-Chile, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Environment, Land, and Licensing, Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science, Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA
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- National Technology and Development Program, USDA Forest Service, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA
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- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Environment, Land, and Licensing, Seattle City Light, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, Washington, USA
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- Computational Ecology Lab, University of Montana, Missoula, Montana, USA
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Hale MC, Pearse DE, Campbell MA. Characterization and distribution of a 14-Mb chromosomal inversion in native populations of rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). G3 (BETHESDA, MD.) 2024; 14:jkae100. [PMID: 38885060 PMCID: PMC11228831 DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Accepted: 05/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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Multiple studies in a range of taxa have found links between structural variants and the development of ecologically important traits. Such variants are becoming easier to find due, in large part, to the increase in the amount of genome-wide sequence data in nonmodel organisms. The salmonids (salmon, trout, and charr) are a taxonomic group with abundant genome-wide datasets due to their importance in aquaculture, fisheries, and variation in multiple ecologically important life-history traits. Previous research on rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) has documented a large pericentric (∼55 Mb) chromosomal inversion (CI) on chromosome 5 (Omy05) and a second smaller (∼14 Mb) chromosome inversion on Omy20. While the Omy05 inversion appears to be associated with multiple adaptive traits, the inversion on Omy20 has received far less attention. In this study, we re-analyze RAD-seq and amplicon data from several populations of rainbow trout (O. mykiss) to better document the structure and geographic distribution of variation in the Omy20 CI. Moreover, we utilize phylogenomic techniques to characterize both the age- and the protein-coding gene content of the Omy20 CI. We find that the age of the Omy20 inversion dates to the early stages of O. mykiss speciation and predates the Omy05 inversion by ∼450,000 years. The 2 CIs differ further in terms of the frequency of the homokaryotypes. While both forms of the Omy05 CI are found across the eastern Pacific, the ancestral version of the Omy20 CI is restricted to the southern portion of the species range in California. Furthermore, the Omy20 inverted haplotype is comparable in genetic diversity to the ancestral form, whereas derived CIs typically show substantially reduced genetic diversity. These data contribute to our understanding of the age and distribution of a large CI in rainbow trout and provide a framework for researchers looking to document CIs in other nonmodel species.
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- Matthew C Hale
- Department of Biology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 76109, USA
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- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, USA
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- Department of Animal Science, University of California Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA
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Sun X, Wang K, Zhang G, Ren H, Yu H. Spatial-temporal patterns of fish trophic guilds in a freshwater river wetland ecosystem of northeastern China. Ecol Evol 2024; 14:e11711. [PMID: 39026953 PMCID: PMC11257708 DOI: 10.1002/ece3.11711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 06/17/2024] [Accepted: 06/24/2024] [Indexed: 07/20/2024] Open
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Muling River, situated amidst cultivated lands in Heilongjiang Province, northeastern China, has long been subjected to sand-digging activities, resulting in severe damage to its riverbed. However, little research has been conducted on the impact of this disturbance on the status of fish community structure and trophic guilds in this river. In this study, environmental factors, fish community structure, and fish trophic guild biomass distribution patterns from the Muling River basin were investigated among seasons (spring, summer, and autumn) and sections (upper, middle, and lower stream) in 2015 and 2017. During the six sampling times periods, 46 species of five orders and 12 families of fish were classified into seven trophic guilds. Fish species number and biomass were higher upper reaches of the watershed. The insectivores (16.26%), phytoplanktivores (10.09%), benthivores (40.17%), and omnivores (11.86%) were the dominant trophic guilds. We found that fish trophic guilds biomass and environmental factors such as transparency, water depth, pH value, total phosphorus, and chemical oxygen demand were highest in the upper section compared to other sections. Variation partitioning revealed that fish trophic guilds biomass was influenced more by environmental factors (61.2%), followed by section (0.7%) and season (0.1%). Partial RDA ordination showed that fish trophic guilds were positively correlated with water depth and transparency, while negative with turbidity. This study underscores the importance of considering trophic guilds of freshwater fishes to inform management strategies in regions experiencing significant environmental change.
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- Xu Sun
- Key Laboratory of Applied Biology and Aquaculture of Northern Fishes in Liaoning Province, College of Fisheries and Life ScienceDalian Ocean UniversityDalianLiaoningChina
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- Northeast Institute of Geography and AgroecologyChinese Academy of SciencesChangchunJilinChina
- University of Chinese Academy of SciencesBeijingChina
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- Department of EcologyHebei University of Environmental EngineeringQinhuangdaoHebeiChina
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- College of Life and Environmental ScienceWenzhou UniversityWenzhouZhejiangChina
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- Wetland Biodiversity Conservation and Research Center, College of Wildlife and Protected AreaNortheast Forestry UniversityHarbinHeilongjiangChina
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Moccetti P, Dodd JR, Joyce DA, Nunn AD, Gillespie B, Bolland JD. Genetic consequences of improved river connectivity in brown trout ( Salmo trutta L.). Evol Appl 2024; 17:e13660. [PMID: 38617825 PMCID: PMC11009428 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2023] [Revised: 12/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/24/2024] [Indexed: 04/16/2024] Open
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Fragmentation of watercourses poses a significant threat to biodiversity, particularly for migratory fish species. Mitigation measures such as fishways, have been increasingly implemented to restore river connectivity and support fish migration. The effects of such restoration efforts are typically tested using telemetry and fisheries methods, which do not fully capture the broader population movements that may have important consequences for population viability. We performed a before-and-after control-impact (BACI) study using genetic tools (SNPs) to investigate the effect of a newly implemented fishway, aiming to enhance upstream spawning migration of brown trout (Salmo trutta Linnaeus) in a reservoir with two headwater tributaries fragmented by man-made weirs. Another reservoir with two barrier-free tributaries was also analysed as a control. Our results showed that the isolated brown trout population was spawning in the reservoir before the installation of the fishway, and we found genetic structuring and differentiation between fragmented headwater tributaries before the fishway construction, but not in the control reservoir. Unexpectedly, after the fishway construction we observed signals consistent with increased genetic differentiation between populations of newly recruited juvenile fish in the reservoir tributary and fish in the reservoir. We propose this was caused by newly enabled philopatric behaviour of brown trout to their natal spawning tributary. In contrast, we did not find any genetic changes in the tributary without a fishway or in the barrier-free reservoir system. Given the scarcity of similar studies, we advocate for an increased use of genetic analyses in BACI studies to monitor and evaluate the effect of efforts to restore habitat connectivity and inform future management strategies.
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- Paolo Moccetti
- Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics Group, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
- Hull International Fisheries Institute, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
- Energy and Environment Institute, University of HullHullUK
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
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- Evolutionary and Ecological Genomics Group, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
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- Hull International Fisheries Institute, School of Natural SciencesUniversity of HullHullUK
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Benavente JN, Véliz D, Quezada-Romegialli C, Gomez-Uchida D. Uniparental and biparental markers unravel invasion pathways, population admixture, and genetic structure in naturalized rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss). JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY 2023; 103:1277-1288. [PMID: 37535430 DOI: 10.1111/jfb.15520] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2022] [Revised: 06/27/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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The present study combined uniparental mtDNA and biparental SNPs to illuminate the invasion and colonization pathways of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, one of the world's most widespread invasive fishes, that has been intensively propagated in Chile, South America. The specific aims of the study were (i) to evaluate potential donor populations, which could be either from the species' native range in North America or from introduced populations in Europe, by comparing mtDNA D-loop/control region haplotypes; and (ii) to assess the factors that have shaped genetic diversity and contemporary genetic structure of rainbow trout populations introduced to Chile through SNP genotyping. The authors comprehensively sampled 24 sites in 12 basins ranging from the High Andean Plateau (Altiplano, 18° S) to northern Patagonia (41° S). Results of the mtDNA data of naturalized trout populations from rivers in the Altiplano (northern Chile) differed from those collected in central and southern Chile, suggesting an origin from North American hatcheries. Naturalized trout populations in central and southern Chile, on the contrary, shared haplotypes with specimens found in European hatcheries. The southern and central Chile populations also contained rare haplotypes, possibly indicating potential spread through aquaculture escapes. Results of the SNP analysis revealed higher allelic richness for trout sampled in sites influenced by commercial aquaculture than sites without commercial aquaculture, likely due to increased admixture between aquaculture broodstock and naturalized trout. The analysis further uncovered some complex patterns of divergent trout populations with low genetic diversity as well as increased relatedness between individuals from isolated sites, suggesting possible local populations. A comprehensive characterization of genetic diversity and structure of rainbow trout should help identify management areas that may augment socioeconomic benefits while preventing the spread and further impacts on biodiversity.
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- Javiera N Benavente
- Departmento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Genomics in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Lab, Departmento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
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- Departmento de Ciencias Ecológicas, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile
- Centro de Ecología y Manejo de Islas Oceánicas (ESMOI), Coquimbo, Chile
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- Plataforma de Monitoreo Genómico y Ambiental (PGMA), Departamento de Química, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Tarapacá, Tarapacá, Chile
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- Genomics in Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Lab, Departmento de Zoología, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Oceanográficas, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
- Núcleo Milenio INVASAL, Concepción, Chile
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Jossie E, Seaborn T, Baxter CV, Burnham M. Using social-ecological models to explore stream connectivity outcomes for stakeholders and Yellowstone cutthroat trout. ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS : A PUBLICATION OF THE ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 2023; 33:e2915. [PMID: 37635644 DOI: 10.1002/eap.2915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/22/2022] [Revised: 06/08/2023] [Accepted: 07/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/29/2023]
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Despite growing interest in conservation and re-establishment of ecological connectivity, few studies have explored its context-specific social-ecological outcomes. We aimed to explore social and ecological outcomes to changing stream connectivity for both stakeholders and native fish species impacted by habitat fragmentation and nonnative species. We (1) investigated stakeholder perceptions of the drivers and outcomes of stream connectivity, and (2) evaluated the effects of stakeholder-identified connectivity and nonnative species scenarios on Yellowstone cutthroat trout (YCT) populations. Our study was conducted in the Teton River, Idaho, USA. We integrated two modeling approaches, mental modeling and individual-based ecological modeling, to explore social-ecological outcomes for stakeholders and YCT populations. Aggregation of mental models revealed an emergent pattern of increasing complexity as more types of stakeholders were considered, as well as gaps and linkages among different stakeholder knowledge areas. These results highlight the importance of knowledge sharing among stakeholders when making decisions about connectivity. Additionally, the results from the individual-based models suggested that the potential for a large, migratory life history form of YCT, in addition to self-preference mating where they overlap with rainbow trout, had the strongest effects on outcomes for YCT. Exploring social and ecological drivers and outcomes to changing connectivity is useful for anticipating and adapting to unintended outcomes, as well as making decisions for desirable outcomes. The results from this study can contribute to the management dialogue surrounding stream connectivity in the Teton River, as well as to our understanding of connectivity conservation and its outcomes more broadly.
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- Elizabeth Jossie
- Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Fish and Wildlife Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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- Department of Sociology, Social Work, and Criminology, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho, USA
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Dallaire X, Bouchard R, Hénault P, Ulmo-Diaz G, Normandeau E, Mérot C, Bernatchez L, Moore JS. Widespread Deviant Patterns of Heterozygosity in Whole-Genome Sequencing Due to Autopolyploidy, Repeated Elements, and Duplication. Genome Biol Evol 2023; 15:evad229. [PMID: 38085037 PMCID: PMC10752349 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evad229] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/30/2023] [Indexed: 12/28/2023] Open
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Most population genomic tools rely on accurate single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) calling and filtering to meet their underlying assumptions. However, genomic complexity, resulting from structural variants, paralogous sequences, and repetitive elements, presents significant challenges in assembling contiguous reference genomes. Consequently, short-read resequencing studies can encounter mismapping issues, leading to SNPs that deviate from Mendelian expected patterns of heterozygosity and allelic ratio. In this study, we employed the ngsParalog software to identify such deviant SNPs in whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data with low (1.5×) to intermediate (4.8×) coverage for four species: Arctic Char (Salvelinus alpinus), Lake Whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis), Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar), and the American Eel (Anguilla rostrata). The analyses revealed that deviant SNPs accounted for 22% to 62% of all SNPs in salmonid datasets and approximately 11% in the American Eel dataset. These deviant SNPs were particularly concentrated within repetitive elements and genomic regions that had recently undergone rediploidization in salmonids. Additionally, narrow peaks of elevated coverage were ubiquitous along all four reference genomes, encompassed most deviant SNPs, and could be partially associated with transposons and tandem repeats. Including these deviant SNPs in genomic analyses led to highly distorted site frequency spectra, underestimated pairwise FST values, and overestimated nucleotide diversity. Considering the widespread occurrence of deviant SNPs arising from a variety of sources, their important impact in estimating population parameters, and the availability of effective tools to identify them, we propose that excluding deviant SNPs from WGS datasets is required to improve genomic inferences for a wide range of taxa and sequencing depths.
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- Xavier Dallaire
- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- Plateforme de bio-informatique de l’IBIS, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
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- CNRS, UMR 6553 ECOBIO, Université de Rennes, Rennes, France
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
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- Institut de biologie intégrative et des systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Centre d'Études Nordiques, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
- Ressources Aquatique Québec, Université de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
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Prunier JG, Loot G, Veyssiere C, Poulet N, Blanchet S. Novel operational index reveals rapid recovery of genetic connectivity in freshwater fish species after riverine restoration. Conserv Lett 2023. [DOI: 10.1111/conl.12939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- Jérôme G. Prunier
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UAR 2029, Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale Moulis France
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- CNRS, UPS, UMR 5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique) École Nationale de Formation Agronomique (ENFA) Toulouse France
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- CNRS, UPS, UMR 5174 EDB (Laboratoire Évolution & Diversité Biologique) École Nationale de Formation Agronomique (ENFA) Toulouse France
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- DRAS, Pôle R&D écohydraulique OFBIMFT‐PPRIME Office Français de la Biodiversité Toulouse France
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- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) UAR 2029, Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale Moulis France
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Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Hemiculter leucisculus (Basilesky, 1855) in Xinjiang Tarim River. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13101790. [PMID: 36292675 PMCID: PMC9601685 DOI: 10.3390/genes13101790] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 09/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Hemiculter leucisculus is an invasive fish and widely distributed in the Xinjiang Tarim River. In this study, RAD-seq was used to explore the genetic diversity and population subgroup structure of H. leucisculus in the Tarim River and develop relevant Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers. The study collected 40 samples distributed at four different sites of the Tarim River. A total of 7,291,260 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) were obtained. The genetic diversity results showed that the population genetic diversity level of H. leucisculus was low. The population pairwise FST values ranged from 0.231 to 0.258, indicating that there was moderate genetic differentiation among these populations. AMOVA showed that the genetic variation within populations accounted for 92.31% of the total variation. The principal component analysis (PCA) and neighbor joining (NJ) tree revealed that the four populations could be separated into two clusters (upper-middle and downstream populations) and the individuals from Taitema Lake (TTMH) showed differences and had a bigger geographic distance than the others. There is the probability that the H. leucisculus from Bosten Lake entered Taitema Lake to breed and then expanded into the Tarim River due to the water diversion projects in location. In addition, 147,705 SSRs loci were detected and 22,651 SSR primer pairs were developed. This study will contribute to providing valuable molecular data for the management of wild populations, marker-assisted selection and resource exploitation of H. leucisculus.
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Fraik AK, McMillan JR, Liermann M, Bennett T, McHenry ML, McKinney GJ, Wells AH, Winans G, Kelley JL, Pess GR, Nichols KM. Correction: Fraik et al. The Impacts of Dam Construction and Removal on the Genetics of Recovering Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Populations across the Elwha River Watershed. Genes 2021, 12, 89. Genes (Basel) 2022; 13:genes13091638. [PMID: 36140846 PMCID: PMC9498610 DOI: 10.3390/genes13091638] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/02/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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- Alexandra K. Fraik
- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
- Correspondence: (A.K.F.); (K.M.N.)
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- Trout Unlimited, 1777 N. Kent Street, Suite 100, Arlington, VA 22209, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe Natural Resources, 760 Stratton Road, Port Angeles, WA 98363, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Lynker Technologies, in Support of the Conservation Biology Division, Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA 99164, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2725 Montlake Boulevard East, Seattle, WA 98112, USA
- Correspondence: (A.K.F.); (K.M.N.)
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Hemstrom W, Dauwalter D, Peacock M, Leasure D, Wenger S, Miller M, Neville. Population genomic monitoring provides insight into conservation status but no correlation with demographic estimates of extinction risk in a threatened trout. Evol Appl 2022; 15:1449-1468. [PMID: 36187186 PMCID: PMC9488680 DOI: 10.1111/eva.13473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2021] [Accepted: 08/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The current extinction crisis requires effective assessment and monitoring tools. Genetic approaches are appealing given the relative ease of field sampling required to estimate genetic diversity characteristics assumed related to population size, evolutionary potential, and extinction risk, and to evaluate hybridization with non‐native species simultaneously. However, linkages between population genetic metrics of diversity from survey‐style field collections and demographic estimates of population size and extinction risk are still in need of empirical examples, especially for remotely distributed species of conservation concern where the approach might be most beneficial. We capitalized on an exceptional opportunity to evaluate congruence between genetic diversity metrics and demographic‐based estimates of abundance and extinction risk from a comprehensive Multiple Population Viability Analysis (MPVA) in a threatened fish, the Lahontan cutthroat trout (LCT). We sequenced non‐native trout reference samples and recently collected and archived tissue samples of most remaining populations of LCT (N = 60) and estimated common genetic assessment metrics, predicting minimal hybridization with non‐native trout, low diversity, and declining diversity over time. We further hypothesized genetic metrics would correlate positively with MPVA‐estimated abundance and negatively with extinction probability. We uncovered several instances of hybridization that pointed to immediate management needs. After removing hybridized individuals, cautious interpretation of low effective population sizes (2–63) suggested reduced evolutionary potential for many LCT populations. Other genetic metrics did not decline over time nor correlate with MPVA‐based estimates of harmonic mean abundance or 30‐year extinction probability. Our results demonstrate benefits of genetic monitoring for efficiently detecting hybridization and, though genetic results were disconnected from demographic assessment of conservation status, they suggest reduced evolutionary potential and likely a higher conservation risk than currently recognized for this threatened fish. We emphasize that genetic information provides essential complementary insight, in addition to demographic information, for evaluating species status.
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- W. Hemstrom
- Department of Animal Science University of California Davis California U.S.A
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- Department of Biology University of Nevada Reno Nevada U.S.A
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- WorldPop, Geography and Environmental Science University of Southampton Southampton United Kingdom
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- Odum School of Ecology University of Georgia Athens GA U.S.A
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- Department of Animal Science University of California Davis California U.S.A
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- Science Program, Trout Unlimited Boise ID U.S.A
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Waples RS, Ford MJ, Nichols K, Kardos M, Myers J, Thompson TQ, Anderson EC, Koch IJ, McKinney G, Miller MR, Naish K, Narum SR, O'Malley KG, Pearse DE, Pess GR, Quinn TP, Seamons TR, Spidle A, Warheit KI, Willis SC. Implications of Large-Effect Loci for Conservation: A Review and Case Study with Pacific Salmon. J Hered 2022; 113:121-144. [PMID: 35575083 DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esab069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2021] [Accepted: 11/07/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The increasing feasibility of assembling large genomic datasets for non-model species presents both opportunities and challenges for applied conservation and management. A popular theme in recent studies is the search for large-effect loci that explain substantial portions of phenotypic variance for a key trait(s). If such loci can be linked to adaptations, 2 important questions arise: 1) Should information from these loci be used to reconfigure conservation units (CUs), even if this conflicts with overall patterns of genetic differentiation? 2) How should this information be used in viability assessments of populations and larger CUs? In this review, we address these questions in the context of recent studies of Chinook salmon and steelhead (anadromous form of rainbow trout) that show strong associations between adult migration timing and specific alleles in one small genomic region. Based on the polygenic paradigm (most traits are controlled by many genes of small effect) and genetic data available at the time showing that early-migrating populations are most closely related to nearby late-migrating populations, adult migration differences in Pacific salmon and steelhead were considered to reflect diversity within CUs rather than separate CUs. Recent data, however, suggest that specific alleles are required for early migration, and that these alleles are lost in populations where conditions do not support early-migrating phenotypes. Contrasting determinations under the US Endangered Species Act and the State of California's equivalent legislation illustrate the complexities of incorporating genomics data into CU configuration decisions. Regardless how CUs are defined, viability assessments should consider that 1) early-migrating phenotypes experience disproportionate risks across large geographic areas, so it becomes important to identify early-migrating populations that can serve as reliable sources for these valuable genetic resources; and 2) genetic architecture, especially the existence of large-effect loci, can affect evolutionary potential and adaptability.
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Affiliation(s)
- Robin S Waples
- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Hagerman, ID, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WAUSA
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- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Hagerman, ID, USA
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- Southwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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- Northwest Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 2725 Montlake Blvd. East, Seattle, WA, USA
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- School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WAUSA
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- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, Olympia, WA, USA
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- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympia, WA, USA
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- Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Hagerman, ID, USA
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Exploring the effect of 195 years-old locks on species movement: landscape genetics of painted turtles in the Rideau Canal, Canada. CONSERV GENET 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-022-01431-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Duda JJ, Torgersen CE, Brenkman SJ, Peters RJ, Sutton KT, Connor HA, Kennedy P, Corbett SC, Welty EZ, Geffre A, Geffre J, Crain P, Shreffler D, McMillan JR, McHenry M, Pess GR. Reconnecting the Elwha River: Spatial Patterns of Fish Response to Dam Removal. Front Ecol Evol 2021. [DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2021.765488] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The removal of two large dams on the Elwha River was completed in 2014 with a goal of restoring anadromous salmonid populations. Using observations from ongoing field studies, we compiled a timeline of migratory fish passage upstream of each dam. We also used spatially continuous snorkeling surveys in consecutive years before (2007, 2008) and after (2018, 2019) dam removal during summer baseflow to assess changes in fish distribution and density over 65 km of the mainstem Elwha River. Before dam removal, anadromous fishes were limited to the 7.9 km section of river downstream of Elwha Dam, potamodromous species could not migrate throughout the river system, and resident trout were the most abundant species. After dam removal, there was rapid passage into areas upstream of Elwha Dam, with 8 anadromous species (Chinook, Coho, Sockeye, Pink, Chum, Winter Steelhead, Summer Steelhead, Pacific Lamprey, and Bull Trout) observed within 2.5 years. All of these runs except Chum Salmon were also observed in upper Elwha upstream of Glines Canyon Dam within 5 years. The spatial extent of fish passage by adult Chinook Salmon and Summer Steelhead increased by 50 km and 60 km, respectively, after dam removal. Adult Chinook Salmon densities in some previously inaccessible reaches in the middle section of the river exceeded the highest densities observed in the lower section of the river prior to dam removal. The large number (>100) of adult Summer Steelhead in the upper river after dam removal was notable because it was among the rarest anadromous species in the Elwha River prior to dam removal. The spatial extent of trout and Bull Trout remained unchanged after dam removal, but their total abundance increased and their highest densities shifted from the lower 25 km of the river to the upper 40 km. Our results show that reconnecting the Elwha River through dam removal provided fish access to portions of the watershed that had been blocked for nearly a century.
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